SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT Skip to... Select EXPLORE OUR BRANDS DJIA 52182.74 0.59% S&P 500 7440.43 1.18% Nasdaq 25820.14 2.07% Russell 2000 3010.42 0.01% U.S. 10 Yr -22/32 4.379% VIX 17.65 -4.13% Gold 4026.30 -0.31% Bitcoin 60296.12 -0.09% Crude Oil 70.33 -0.59% Dollar Index 97.49 -0.01% KBW Nasdaq Bank Index 182.74 0.18% S&P GSCI Index Spot 618.97 0.44% Opinion OPINION GLOBAL VIEW The Russian Reckoning The Ukraine war, less oil revenue and restive ex-Soviet republics all shrink Moscow’s sway. By Walter Russell Mead June 29, 2026 5:31 pm ET Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, June 28. GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/ RUSSIAN GOVERNM/ GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/ RUSSIAN GOVERNM/ PLANET PIX/ ZUMA PRESS Could Russia be losing its hard-won post-Cold-War status as a great power? As the bad news for Vladimir Putin piles up, the question of Russian decline—and its implications for world geopolitics—is coming into focus. Recent weeks have been nightmarish for the Russian leade...